Speakers Bureau

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation is home to many of today's experts on a variety of state-wide topics.  We make these speakers available to many different organizations and clubs who are interested in having a guest speaker share with their group.  Additionally, several of our speakers are also well-versed in the fields of debate and panel discussions. 

If you would like to host one of our speakers for your event, club, rally, or meeting, you can fill out the request form below, or call 360-956-3482 to speak with someone directly.

Trent England - Trent England directs the Citizenship & Governance Center at EFF and is the former director of EFF's Citizen Action Network. Trent earlier served as a legal policy analyst and then a visiting fellow with The Heritage Foundation, where his research and writing focused on criminal law, constitutional issues, and judicial nominations. He also has served as the vice president of a small issues-lobbying organization and as an opposition researcher for a party campaign committee. Trent earned a law degree from The George Mason University School of Law and a bachelor of arts in government from Claremont McKenna College.

Areas of Expertise:  The American Founding, the Federalist Papers, Election Security & Integrity, Campaigns and Elections, Open Government, Washington State Campaign Finance Law

Amber Gunn - Amber Gunn is the director of EFF's Economic Policy Center. Prior to joining EFF full time, she was a Charles G. Koch Fellow in partnership with the State Policy Network. Amber holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Washington.

Areas of Expertise:  State Budget & Taxes, Budget Transparency, Government Accountability, Performance Audits, Government Performance & Management, Market-based Reforms, Persions and Retiree Health Benefits

Mike Reitz - Michael Reitz is general counsel of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, where he oversees EFF's legal affairs. He is a member of the Washington and California Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His research has been published and cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Times, and numerous other newspapers and periodicals. He is a co-author of To Protect and Maintain Individual Rights, a reference guide to the Declaration of Rights in the Washington Constitution. Michael earned a juris doctorate from Oak Brook College of Law in Fresno, California.

Areas of Expertise:  Washington State Constitutional Law, Washington State Campaign Finance Law,  Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Union Political Activity and the First Amendment, Union Accountability & Transparency

Steve Maggi - Steven is the VP of Communications for EFF. He holds a master's degree in Intergovernmental Management from the University of Southern California and trained with the Leadership Institute. Steven is the former President/CEO of the Solano County Business and Education Alliance, and worked as a consultant in the education and emergency preparedness industries. A former broadcaster, Steven has appeared on numerous radio stations throughout the West.

Areas of Expertise:  Teacher Pay & Quality, Curriculum & Testing, Collective Bargaining in Schools, School Choice, Money in Education, Communications, Flunked: The Movie

Bob Williams - Bob Williams is the president of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, a public policy organization in Olympia, Washington, dedicated to the advancement of individual liberty. He is known as a national expert in the areas of fiscal and tax policies, election reform and disaster preparedness. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University. Bob worked as a GAO auditor of the Pentagon and Post Office before moving to Washington State where he served five terms in the Washington state legislature and was the 1988 Republican nominee for governor.

Areas of Expertise:  Higher Education, Budget Transparency, Performance Audits, Sate Budget & Taxes, Election Security, Economic Policy, Citizenship & Governance

Lynn Harsh - Lynn Harsh is Chief Executive Officer and Senior Education Fellow for EFF. She taught high school English and history and served briefly as a school principal, before leaving the field of secondary education to work in politics and eventually public policy.

Areas of Expertise:  K-12 Education, Teacher Pay & Quality, Curriculum & Testing, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Union Political Activity and the First Amendment, Union Accountability & Transparency, Macro-Economic Policy, Market-based Reforms, Citizenship & Governance